Metro Bus Islamabad Airport will be Completed By March 2020

21 Dec 2019

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Metro Bus Islamabad Airport will be Completed By March 2020

The mega project of Metro Bus is currently in progress for the route from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad Airport under the federal government. Recently a meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms held in this regard. In the meeting the Secretary Planning briefed the committee that two parts of Metro route have been finalized and the remaining two are under construction and supposed to be completed by March 2020. The committee stressed the authorities that are leading the project to work faster.

With Senator Agha Shahzaib Durrani in the chair, the meeting was attended by Senator Rukhsana Zuberi, Senator Mir Kabeer Shahi, and Senator Sassui Palijo. Secretary Planning, Chairman NHA, Chairman PEC, Member Planning Commission, Additional Secretary Irrigation Sindh, and officers from government departments were also present in the meeting.

Toll Tax on M-1 and M-2

The committee made an inquiry about the annual increase in the toll tax at M-1 and M-2 motorways. The committee was told that the increase was based on the contract and the average number of vehicles using the motorway.

However, the committee identified that between 2005 and 2019, rates of M-1 Islamabad-Peshawar have gone from Rs. 80 to Rs. 240 for cars, Rs. 100 to Rs. 400 for wagons, Rs. 140 to Rs. 550 for minibusses and Rs. 210 to Rs. 790 for regular buses.

Similarly, on M-2 Islamabad-Peshawar, the toll rates have increased to Rs. 750 from Rs. 250 for cars, Rs. 1250 from Rs. 300 for wagons, Rs. 300 from Rs. 176 for minibusses, Rs. 2510 from Rs. 450 for buses.

It was revealed that NHA spends Rs. 92 billion annually on renovation and maintenance of the motorways across the country.

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